ap art history test 10/11/19
The facade of the Temple of Minerva includes which of the following architectural features?
A pediment supported by Tuscan columns
The sculpture shown is most closely associated with images of
Akhenaten
The sculpture of Apollo from the Temple of Minerva at Veii shows the greatest stylistic similarity to the
Anavysos Kouros
The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient Mediterranean cultures?
Archaic Greece
Both buildings are part of a complex built to celebrate
Athens' domination of the eastern Mediterranean
The emotionalism and drama of the sculpture is most similar to that of which later artistic style?
Baroque
Which of the following techniques or materials allowed Roman architects to enclose large unobstructed interior spaces?
Concrete poured in molds
Precedents for works such as the one on the left have been found primarily in which of the following cultures?
Egyptian
The culture that produced this work was
Egyptian
The drapery in both works does which of the following?
Emphasizes the body
On the basis of style and subject matter, the work shown can be attributed to which of the following cultures?
Etruscan
The work is from which culture?
Etruscan
The image shows a detail from a larger sculptural frieze found on the
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
The images show a plan and an overview of the same architectural complex. The architectural complex shown can be identified as the
Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx
Both of these works were created in
Greece
The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient cultures?
Greek, because of the use of red figure painting
The sculpture is attributed to
Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athanadoros of Rhodes
Stylistically, the sculpture is an example of which of the following art historical periods?
Hellenistic
The architects were
Iktinos and Kallikrates
The depiction of the gigantomachy on the reliefs of the Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon may have served as an allegory of
King Attalos' victory over the Gauls
The sculptor whose work was most influenced by the work shown was
Michelangelo
The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient Mediterranean cultures?
Neo-Assyrian
In its original function, the work is most similar to the
Palette of King Narmer
The work shown can be identified as an ancient Sumerian sculpture because of which of the following visual characteristics?
Rigid frontality with clasped hands
Both interiors are examples of
Roman residential architecture
The building is located in
Rome
The building on the right is the
Temple of Athena Nike
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut originally included which of the following features as part of the complex?
Terraces filled with exotic trees and plants
Which of the following employed concrete as a building material?
The Pantheon in Rome
The work shown can be attributed to the style of Hellenistic Greece because of which of the following characteristics?
The depiction of the psychological effects of defeat to elicit an emotional response from the viewer
The work shown can be identified as an ancient Etruscan sarcophagus because of which of the following characteristics?
The stylized depiction of a couple reclining on a couch as they would have comported themselves at a banquet
Which of the following is a feature of the Standard of Ur that provides evidence of a vast trade network with foreign lands?
The use of luxury materials acquired from other cultures
The interior of the temple contains
a cella
Works such as the one shown were typically placed in
a necropolis
The colonnade around the perimeter of the temple is best described as
a peristyle
The image shows which of the following features of ancient Egyptian architecture?
a pylon gate
In contrast to the work on the left, the work on the right presents
a specific moment
The interior on the left is called
an atrium
In designing the Basilica Ulpia for the Forum of Trajan, Apollodorus of Damascus drew upon ancient Egyptian traditions of the clerestory most likely because a clerestory provided
an efficient way to illuminate the interior
The original patron of the building was
an emperor
In the work shown, features of different animals were combined for the purpose of creating
an imposing mythical creature that was meant to safeguard the entrance to a royal complex
The images show two views of the same building.
an oculus
The pose of the figures suggests that they are
banqueting
The building was converted into a
church
The citizens of ancient Athens likely responded to the Athenian agora with a sense of
civic pride, because it represented a place of communal governance and cultural identity
The Column of Trajan was built mainly for the purpose of
commemorating Trajan's victories in recent military campaigns
The specific pose of the largest figure can be best described as
composite
The dome of the building is primarily constructed of
concrete
The pose of the statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos can best be described as
contrapposto
Roman innovations in concrete allowed the builders of the Colosseum to
create a multileveled freestanding structure with tiered seating that could be constructed quickly
In the work shown from the Amarna period, the use of sunken-relief carving creates strong contours that accentuate the figure's
curvilinear form and elongated features
The form of the columns in the hypostyle hall was intended to recall the
dense clusters of papyrus reeds on the Nile
The facade decorations of the Colosseum were notable in that
different architectural orders of columns were used to distinguish each level
The relief served all of the following purposes EXCEPT to
document a specific event
In a Greek temple, the absence of a base on the columns identifies the architectural order as
doric
The architectural order shown on the left is
doric
The outer frieze of the temple is
doric
The style of the work on the left relates it to which century B.C.E.?
eighth
The depiction of war on the Column of Trajan differs from earlier depictions, such as the one seen in the Alexander Mosaic, in that the narrative frieze on the Column of Trajan
emphasizes the methodical power of imperial leadership
The Standard of Ur and the Palette of King Narmer are similar in that both works
employ hierarchical scale to distinguish between figures of varying degrees of importance
The sculpture does all of the following EXCEPT
exhibit classical repose
The images show a plan and an overview of the same architectural complex. The plan shows processional routes and secondary structures that were primarily intended to
facilitate priestly offerings of food and drink to the deceased
The most likely time period for both interiors is
first century C.E.
The horizontal band above the columns in both works is known as the
frieze
Figurative depictions on the vase on the left represent a
funeral procession
The style of the work on the left is
geometric
Spectators in the amphitheater would frequently have witnessed
gladiators and wild animals being lifted into view from the substructure
Both of these works served as
grave markers
In the geographical region, the evolution in form from earlier tombs to the architectural complex shown most likely resulted from a desire to
heighten the symbolic association with the Sun
The scale of the central figure indicates
high rank
The sculpture is made principally of
hollow-cast bronze
The work depicts a
husband and wife
In the fresco shown, overlapping forms and architectural elements are used to create the effect of
illusionistic spatial depth beyond the wall
In its original context, the work would have been placed
in a tomb to guide a deceased person in the afterlife
The architect of the Pantheon in Rome sought to impress viewers by
incorporating an unexpectedly large interior space
The architectural order shown on the right is
ionic
The column shown demonstrates the style of which of the following orders?
ionic
The scenes depicted in the work are intended to convey the ancient Egyptian concept of
justice and morality, by depicting the divine judgment of a mortal person's life
The huge carvings of human-headed, winged bulls that guarded the entrances of Assyrian palaces are called
lamassu
The inscribed text outlines
laws governing crime and punishment
The coffers in the dome were intended to
lessen its overall weight
In designing the forum in which the column stands, Apollodorus of Damascus departed from the design traditions demonstrated in earlier Roman imperial fora by
making the basilica the central building in the public space
The Flavian Amphitheater became commonly known as the Colosseum because of the
monumental statue of an emperor that stood nearby
Both works show an understanding of
movement
The walls of the interior shown on the right are decorated with
paintings
The work shown is painted on
papyrus
Roman viewers would have recognized and responded to the location of the events depicted by the relief sculptures on the column largely because of the inclusion of the
personification of the Danube River on the frieze
In the last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead), the presence of the ibis-headed god Thoth demonstrates that the ancient Egyptians
placed great importance in written records and observations
The statue of the seated scribe indicates that sculptors in Old Kingdom Egypt were willing to deviate from the traditional canon of representation, as exemplified by the statue of King Menkaura and queen, when they were
portraying figures of relatively lesser social status
The art produced during this period involved
radical stylistic change
In Egypt and Mesopotamia, relief figures were often carved in
registers
In its original context, the interaction between the god Shamash and Hammurabi on the Code of Hammurabi was intended to cause in viewers a sense of
respect for the laws recorded on the stele by suggesting their divine origin
The sculptural work originally functioned as a
sarcophagus
The visual organization of the work is meant to suggest a
sequence of successive events in an important narrative
The use of high relief in the work shown allowed the sculptor to convey
shadows and highlights
A pharaoh progressing through the temple complex was intended to encounter
spaces that were increasingly dark and mysterious, leading to the inner sanctum housing the cult statue
The form of the Code of Hammurabi is shaped as a
stele
The process used to produce this sculpture is
subtractive
The building was originally used as a
temple
The medium of the work is
terracotta
The culture in which the work was produced is known for
the relative equality of women
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut differs from the Great Pyramids at Giza in that the temple did not function as a
tomb for a deceased ruler
Roman Republican portraiture is characterized primarily by its
unidealized realism
Both works personify
victory
The Temple of Minerva differs from traditional Greek temples such as the Parthenon in that the Temple of Minerva most likely
was made of wood, mud brick, and clay instead of stone and marble
The Anavysos Kouros is similar to the Tlatilco figurine in that both
were found in burial contexts
